Amulya Patnaik
21st Commissioner of Police, Delhi
In office
31 January 2017 - 29 February 2020
Preceded byAlok Verma
Succeeded byS.N. Shrivastava
Personal details
Born (1960-01-15) 15 January 1960

Amulya Kumar Patnaik (born 15 January 1960) is a former Indian Police Service officer who served as the 21st Commissioner of Delhi Police from 30 January 2017 till 29 February 2020.[1]

Career and education

Patnaik born on 15 January 1960, who hails from Odisha. He has done his graduation in Political Science from Utkal University in 1979 and masters in same subject from University of Delhi in 1981. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.[2]

His first posting as IPS was ACP Najafgarh (Delhi) and has also served as SSP of Pondicherry from 1989-93. In January 2017, He became the 21st Police Commissioner of Delhi and served till February 2020 and was succeeded by S. N. Shrivastava.[3]

He has been severely criticized for his role in not controlling the riots in North East Delhi in February 2020. His tenure has been full of criticism as he was unable to control the Police-Lawyers clash in Delhi in 2019, JNU scuffle, Jamia scuffle and Gargi college molestation on 8 February 2020.[4] He was set to retire in January 2020[5] but his term was extended due to 2020 Delhi legislative elections and Citizenship Amendment Act protests.[6] Prior to this, he was serving as the Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance and Administration) in Delhi Police.

References

  1. ↑ "Stage set for 'untouchable' Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik's grand farewell". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Amulya Patnaik appointed Delhi Police Chief". The Times of India. 30 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Senior IPS Officer SN Shrivastava appointed Delhi Police Commissioner". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "From JNU to Jamia, Delhi Police chief Amulya Patnaik's stint is marked by many storms he faced". The Indian Express. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Delhi Police's top cop Amulya Patnaik to retire on 31 January after a tumultuous tenure". ThePrint. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik gets one-month extension in 'public interest'; 1985 batch IPS officer was set to retire today". Firstpost. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.


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